About Me

I grew up in a small historic town near the Dutch boarder. After managing to escape the narrowness of small-town life and a short career as a DIY market worker i enrolled in Economics.

During my studies i spend almost 1 1/2 Years in Russia (Moscow and St.Petersburg). Most people either hate or love this country. I chosed the latter one.. :)

Currently im doing a Masters Degree in Economics at Humboldt-University of Berlin.

PHILOSOPHY

Live and let live.

Why I'm on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I did a lot of CS a couple of years ago, and now decided to engage again in CS.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My CS experiences are like people in general- diversified and colourful. Some of them were great, met really wonderful people, some were so-so, and some .... well ;)

Interests

The world and everything in it.

Ok, that might sound somewhat arbitrary, but actually it's true. There are really only a few things i could think of, id never like to find out more about. It's a general thing. I don't like the idea of hierachies concerning culture, the arts and knowledge in general. I can enjoy gorgeous street graffiti as much as a Renaissance painting. A world literature novel might be as exciting to me as a well drawn comic.

What i am particularly interested in, is Russia.
Since i went there for the first time in 2006, i'm really into Russican culture and arts. I like the pre-revolutionary stuff like Dostoyevsky, Tolstoj, Repin, the Russian Avantgarde and Soviet Culture, but i'm also trying to keep track of contemporary trends. Some time ago i started a blog:

Besides this im really into sports (doing the half marathon), and boxing in particular. Hope this is not going to discourage you to get to know me ;). I'm a friendly guy, i just love this sport for it's mixture of speed and agility and its physical and psychological intensity. Simply beautiful.